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June 8, 2010,
Healdsburg, CA
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Dry
Creek Vineyard’s
Bordeaux-style
blend, “The
Mariner” vintage
2006, took home Best
of Class honors at
the 2010 Critics
Challenge
International Wine
Competition.
Results were
formally announced
last week.
Produced by Robert Whitley, one of
California’s
best known commercial wine competition directors, the Critics
Challenge International Wine Competition attracts top wine
writers and media for two days of swirling, sipping and
evaluating. Judges were assigned in two person panels and
the wines were tasted blind with only the class of wine
provided. “The Mariner” was selected Best of Class from 28
red
Bordeaux
blends submitted.
The luminous lineup of judges included: Robert
Whitley and Mary Ewing-Mulligan, Master of Wine (and co-author of
Wine for Dummies) as Chief Judges. The panelists included:
Michael Franz, Editor of Wine Review Online; Jon Bonne, Editor
San Francisco Chronicle wine section; Leslie Sbrocco, author
Wine for Women; Paul Lukacs, Saveur and author of numerous wine
books; Nick Passmore, wine columnist Business Week; Stephen
Brook, Decanter and author of multiple wine books; Linda Murphy,
Decanter; Michael Apstein, columnist Wine Review Online; Rebecca
Murphy, Dallas Morning News; Elin McCoy, wine columnist
Bloomberg News Service; Patrick Comiskey, Los Angeles Times
contributor; Gerald Boyd, columnist Wine Review Online; Ed
McCarthy, co-author Wine for Dummies; W. Blake Gray, columnist
Wine Review Online; and Marguerite Thomas, The Wine News.
According to
Robert Whitley, Dry Creek Vineyard continues to produce
outstanding wines.
“Dry
Creek Vineyard not only took Best Red with its “The Mariner”
Bordeaux-style blend, but also scored an impressive Platinum
Award with its 2006 Dry Creek Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ($25),”
said Whitley. “I was far from surprised because Dry Creek
Vineyard has been among California’s most consistent quality
benchmarks over the past 30 years.”
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